SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report: July 10, 1998
THE OHIO & SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY COMPANY
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Colorado 33-28188 84-1116458
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(State or other (Commission (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of File Number) Identification No.)
incorporation)
NEW ADDRESS:
650 W. Georgia Street, #450, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6B 4N8
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:(604) 684-8662
10200 W. 44th Ave., #400, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 1. Changes in Control of Registrant
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On June 25, 1998, Registrant entered into a Purchase Agreement
with CanArab Acquisitions Corp. under which CanArab purchased
8,650,000 common shares of The Ohio & Southwestern Energy
Company for $160,000, from GeoTech Management Services, Inc.
Ralph Shearing has been appointed President, and it is
anticipated that he and Abbas Salih will be appointed as
Directors upon compliance with Section 14f of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
The following shareholders of CanArab Acquisition Corp. own or
control more than 5% of the total issued capital of CanArab:
Cankaz Technology Systems Corp. 10,000,000 shares approximately 44%
Arab-German Fisheries, Inc. 9,500,000 shares approximately 41%
Gerab Investments Corp. 1,175,000 shares approximately 5%
All three shareholders have a business address of Suite
250-1400 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6E 4H1.
Gerab Investments is owned 80% by Abbas Salih and 20% is held
by 2 or 3 German citizens. Cankaz Technology is owned 100% by
Gerab Investments. Arab German- Fisheries is owned 80% by
Gerab and 20% by The Arab Group for International Investment
and Acquisition. Abbas Salih would be considered as the
control person of the aggregated entities and he therefore
controls 94.8% of the Registrant.
Item 2. Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
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The descriptions contained herein of the Agreements and the
Acquisitions are qualified in their entirety by reference to
the Agreement, dated as of June 25, 1998, by and among
Registrant, CanArab Technology Limited. and the shareholders,
filed as Exhibits to this Form 8-K.
Registrant has entered into a Plan and Agreement to acquire
CanArab Technology Limited. from the shareholders in
consideration of the issuance of Fourteen Million Six Hundred
Fifty Thousand (14,650,000) shares of common stock of
Registrant. CanArab has developed marine aquaculture designs
for shrimp farming.
Concurrent with the acquisition, CanArab Acquisitions
Corp. will surrender 8,650,000 shares to Registrant for
cancellation.
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Item 3. Bankruptcy or Receivership
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None.
Item 4. Changes in Registrants Certifying Accountant
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None.
Item 5. Other Events
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a. The address of the Company has been changed to 650 W.
Georgia Street, #450, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6B 4N8.
b. New Business Plan
The Company has acquired CanArab Technology Limited. and has
adopted its business plan. CanArab Technology Limited was formed as a
wholly owned subsidiary of CanArab Acquisitions Corp. to hold and
exploit CanArab's marine aquaculture concepts and designs. CanArab's
primary objective is to become a low-cost producer of marine
aquaculture shrimp products.
The seafood protein needs of the world are currently met through
the combined production of the world's capture and culture fisheries.
Food-grade production from the capture fisheries has fluctuated around
60 million tonnes annually since 1989, indicating the wild stocks of
the world are being harvested near their maximum sustained yield.
Global cultured production (currently about 12 million tonnes) must
rise to approximately 50 million tonnes by 2025 to meet projected
demand. This represents an increase in the order of 350% in less than
30 years. Cultured shrimp and tuna fish are the world's most important
fish commodities and per capita consumption continues to rise in all
industrialized nations.
Shrimp Farming
Marine shrimp farming, the world's largest commercial culture
industry, is conducted in tropical and semi-tropical waters of the
northern and southern hemispheres in culture systems ranging from
extensive to super-intensive.
Over a dozen shrimp species are cultured commercially, while only
a few are produced in significant quantities. Of them, Penaeus monodon
(more commonly known as black tigers) dominates production everywhere
in the Southeast Asia except Japan and China, while Penaeus vannamei
(western white) is the leader in Ecuador and other Latin American
countries. Consumers in Japan and the U.S. purchase huge quantities of
tigers while European and Middle East markets are attracted to both
western whites and black tigers. Given the rising demand for seafood,
the continued shortage of large warm-water shrimp in world markets,
and the projected gradual increase in shrimp prices, the primary
species of production will be black tigers and western white shrimp.
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Black tigers now have wide acceptance in all European countries,
both in its traditional forms and in new value-added packs. Growth of
shrimp imports to EU countries since 1982 has been impressive, and has
now reached the level where imports exceed domestic supply. In the UK,
France and the low countries (i.e. Spain, Portugal), imports comprise
over 90% of consumption and black tigers continue to increase in
popularity. To secure favorable market penetration and in fact
out-compete exporting countries (Thailand, Philippines, Taiwan and
Indonesia), the focus must be on product quality, consistent supply
and product quality, consistent supply and product variety. A
state-of-the-art shrimp processing/distribution facility in Rostock,
Germany will not only achieve that, it will be strategically located
to penetrate and secure new markets in the former Soviet Union as well
as S.E. Asia.
CanArab Concept for Shrimp Aquaculture
Shrimp aquaculture as it is currently practiced throughout most of the
world is not sustainable, and although current practices are far better than
past practices, at least in some parts of the world, they have yet to be adopted
by most producers who market shrimp in international markets. Furthermore,
today's practices are somewhat inferior to what CanArab believes are the "best
practices" for individual production activities and much less for entire
production systems.
CanArab has explored past and present aquaculture design and practices,
and the following "best practices" have been incorporated into its development
and operational strategies.
* Total reliance on land-based technologically advanced,
semi-intensive and intensive culture systems, only utilizing
pristine water supplies.
* As feed costs comprise 40-60% of a culture systems production
cost, reducing feed costs must be higher priority. CanArab will
therefore actively pursue the use of vegetable based protein fish
feed in its culture systems, and from certified disease free
sources. * Given that labor is the second largest cost component
(15-35%) of culture operations, virtually all production systems
will be based in developing countries where labor is cheap and
unemployment is a serious social problem.
* While most shrimp producing countries utilize wild stock
juveniles (feedstock) in their operations, CanArab's culture
systems will depend upon self-sustaining, domesticated hatchery
strains adapted/engineered to culture conditions. Uninterrupted
captive breeding programs will substantially reduce and mitigate
the hazard of introducing disease which has proven to seriously
compromise the economic viability of many production systems
world wide. Production of healthy vigorous seed also depends on
the introduction of strict quality control methods which will be
a prerequisite for CanArab hatchery systems.
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* Shrimp production systems will be designed as modules of
comprehensive irrigation/drainage systems to ensure proper water
management including environmentally safe effluent discharge, to
prevent cross-contamination between/among modules, a practice not
often followed by shrimp producing countries.
* The production of high quality processed product from a modern
processing/distribution system - to supply European, S.E Asia and
North American markets.
* In accordance with consumer demand and preferences, all
production species, including Black tigers, will be produced in
high salinity water.
The Company does not now have funding for its business plan to commence
implementation. The Company is commencing a private offering of common stock to
attempt to raise $2,500,000 in capital. There is no assurance that such private
placement will be successful, or that any funding will be achieved.
Item 6. Resignation of Directors and Appointment of New Directors
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It is anticipated that Ralph Shearing and Abbas Salih will be appointed
as directors after compliance with Section 14f of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
Ralph E. Shearing, B.Sc., P.Geol., age 41
Mr. Shearing has been President and director of CanArab
Acquisition Corp. since 1997 and is President and a director of
CanArab Technology Limited.
Mr. Shearing graduated from the University of British Columbia
in 1981 with a B.Sc. in Geology and immediately began practicing his profession
throughout Canada on mining projects. In 1985 he and a colleague founded Quest
Canada Drilling Ltd., a diamond drilling company and in 1986 he founded
Consolidated Samarkand Resources Inc., a junior mining exploration and
development company listed on the Vancouver Stock Exchange. As its President and
Chief Executive Officer for over 10 years, Mr. Shearing has experience in
managing a public company. He is a director of Intertech Minerals Corp. and
principal owner and director of CMB Investments, Ltd.
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Abbas Salih, age 50
Mr. Salih is Chairman and a director of CanArab
Technology Limited.
Mr. Salih is a graduate of the Khartoum Technical Institute in
the Sudan. He received his formal training while serving as a member of the
Sudan Royal Air Force from 1965-1970 which included attendance at the British
Royal Air Force Academy, Newton No. 9 in Nottingham, England, where he studied
aircraft electronics and instrumentation.
After his British training, Mr. Salih received further
aviation training in Kyrgyzstan, Southern Russia, as a guest of the Russian Air
Force where he studied and maintained MIG-21 jet aircraft. From 1970-1974 he
conducted business in the Sudan and Germany and in 1975 became the Managing
Director to Prince Sultan Bin Saud Bin Abdullah Al Saud of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
and remains in that position today.
In 1975 Mr. Salih joined Bautechnque GmbH, a large German
construction and engineering firm as their financial manager where he arranged a
$140 million financing for the construction of schools in Saudi Arabia. In 1989,
he and several associates formed Regions International Investment Company
Limited (RIICO) the largest trucking company in the Sudan with a fleet of 125
tanker/cargo transport vehicles. Mr. Salih joined the board of directors of Arab
Group International for Investment and Acquisitions (AGIIA) during 1992. In
1997, he formed CanArab Acquisitions Corp. of which he is director and Chairman
to investigate, evaluate and design the shrimp aquaculture concept.
Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Statements & Exhibits
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a. Financial Statements - None
b. Exhibits
7.1 Share Purchase Agreement
7.2 Plan and Agreement of Reorganization
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Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Date: July 10, 1998 The Ohio & Southwestern Energy Company
By:/s/Ralph Shearing
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President
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Exhibit 7.1
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SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Share Purchase Agreement ("Agreement"), dated as of June 22, 1998,
among GEOTECH MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTD. ("GTM"), a Bahamian Corporation, and
CANARAB ACQUISITIONS CORP. ("CAC") , a Yukon Corporation.
W I T N E S S E T H:
A. WHEREAS, The Ohio & Southwestern Energy Company ("OSWE") is a
corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Colorado, and CAC is a
Corporation organized in Yukon.
B. Purchase of Shares. CAC shall purchase 8,650,000 common shares of
OSWE free and clear of liens and encumbrances, from GTM and others.
C. WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to enter into this Agreement,
pursuant to the provisions of the Colorado Revised Statutes.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed among the parties as follows:
ARTICLE I
The Consideration
1.1 Subject to the conditions set forth herein on the "Closing Date"
(as herein defined), GTM shall sell or cause to be delivered for sale and CAC
shall purchase 8,650,000 common shares of OSWE common stock. The transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall be completed at a closing ("Closing") on a
closing date ("Closing Date") on or before June 10, 1998. The purchase price for
the OSWE shares to be paid by CAC to GTM is $160,000 which shall be delivered at
closing.
On the Closing Date, all of the documents to be furnished pursuant to
this Agreement, including the documents to be furnished pursuant to Article VII
of this Agreement, shall be delivered to M.A. Littman, to be held in escrow
until all closing conditions hereunder have been met or the date of termination
of this Agreement, but no longer than 10 days after closing date, whichever
first occurs, and thereafter shall be promptly distributed to the parties as
their interests may appear.
1.2 Concurrent with the execution hereof, CAC shall deposit or cause to
be deposited with M.A. Littman as a non-refundable consideration for this
agreement which will be a general retainer of $25,000 to pay legal fees of M.A.
Littman in connection with the transaction and the 90 day period thereafter.
Further, the sum of $160,000 shall be paid into escrow with M.A. Littman for
delivery to GTM upon receipt of the shares (8,650,000) of OSWE common stock.
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1.3 For accounting purposes, the Agreement shall be effective as of
12:01 a.m., on the last day of the month preceding the Closing Date.
ARTICLE II
Issuance of Shares
2.1 The shares of $.0001 par value common stock of OSWE shall be
delivered and conveyed by GTM or GTM shall cause to be conveyed to CAC at
closing by Bill of Sale and duly executed stock powers, upon receipt of the cash
consideration by GTM.
2.2 GTM represents that no outstanding options or warrants for unissued
shares exist for OSWE.
ARTICLE III
Representations, Warranties and Covenants of GTM as to OSWE
No representations or warranties are made by any director, officer,
employee or shareholder of OSWE as individuals, except as and to the extent
stated in this Agreement or in a separate written statement.
GTM hereby represents, warrants and covenants to CAC and will cause
OSWE to so represent and warrant, except as stated in the OSWE Disclosure
Statement, as follows:
3.1 OSWE is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Colorado, and has the corporate power
and authority to own or lease its properties and to carry on its business as it
is now being conducted. The Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of OSWE, copies
of which have been delivered to CAC, are complete and accurate, and the minute
books of OSWE contain a record, which is complete and accurate in all material
respects, of all meetings, and all corporate actions of the shareholders and
Board of Directors of OSWE.
3.2 The aggregate number of shares which OSWE is authorized to issue is
1,000,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $.0001 per share, of
which approximately 9,116,695 shares of such common stock will be issued and
outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable, prior to closing under this
agreement. OSWE has no outstanding options, warrants or other rights to
purchase, or subscribe to, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for
any shares of capital stock.
3.3 OSWE has complete and unrestricted power to enter into and, upon
the appropriate approvals as required by law, to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
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3.4 Neither the making of nor the compliance with the terms and
provisions of this Agreement and consummation of the transactions contemplated
herein by OSWE will conflict with or result in a breach or violation of the
Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of OSWE.
3.5 The execution of this Agreement has been duly authorized and
approved by the OSWE's Board of Directors.
3.6 OSWE has delivered to CAC financial statements of OSWE dated
December 31, 1997. All such statements, herein sometimes called "OSWE Financial
Statements" are (and will be) complete and correct in all material respects and,
together with the notes to these financial statements, present fairly the
financial position and results of operations of OSWE of the periods indicated.
All statements of OSWE will have been prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles.
3.7 Since the dates of the OSWE Financial Statements, there have not
been any material adverse changes in the business or condition, financial or
otherwise, of OSWE. OSWE does not have any material liabilities or obligations,
secured or unsecured except as shown on updated financials (whether accrued,
absolute, contingent or otherwise).
3.8 OSWE has delivered to CAC a list and description of all pending
legal proceedings involving OSWE, none of which will materially adversely affect
them, and, except for these proceedings, there are no legal proceedings or
regulatory proceedings involving material claims pending, or, to the knowledge
of the officers of OSWE, threatened against OSWE or affecting any of its assets
or properties, and OSWE is not in any material breach or violation of or default
under any contract or instrument to which OSWE is a party, and no event has
occurred which with the lapse of time or action by a third party could result in
a material breach or violation of or default by OSWE under any contract or other
instrument to which OSWE is a party or by which they or any of their respective
properties may be bound or affected, or under their respective Articles of
Incorporation or Bylaws, nor is there any court or regulatory order pending,
applicable to OSWE.
3.9 OSWE shall not enter into or consummate any transactions prior to
the Closing Date other than in the ordinary course of business and will pay no
dividend, or increase the compensation of officers and will not enter into any
agreement or transaction which would adversely affect its financial condition.
3.10 OSWE is not a party to any contract performable in the future.
3.11 The representations and warranties of OSWE shall be true and
correct as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date.
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3.12 OSWE has delivered to CAC, all of its corporate books and records
for review, true and correct copies of OSWE's tax return since 1996, if any.
OSWE will also deliver to CAC on or before the Closing Date any reports relating
to the financial and business condition of OSWE which occur after the date of
this Agreement and any other reports sent generally to its shareholders after
the date of this Agreement.
3.13 OSWE has no employee benefit plan in effect at this time.
3.14 No representation or warranty by OSWE in this Agreement, the OSWE
Disclosure Statement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto contains any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact
necessary to make such representation or warranty not misleading.
3.15 OSWE has delivered, to CAC true and correct copies of the OSWE
10-K and each of its other reports to shareholders and filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") for the current year. OSWE will also
deliver to CAC on or before the Closing Date any reports relating to the
financial and business condition of OSWE which are filed with the SEC after the
date of this Agreement and any other reports sent generally to its shareholders
after the date of this Agreement.
3.16 OSWE has duly filed all reports required to be filed by it under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, (the "Federal Securities Laws"). No such reports, or any reports
sent to the shareholders of OSWE generally, contained any untrue statement of
material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements in such report, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
3.17 GTM hereby covenants that during the contract period, prior to
closing, OSWE will not take any board action without CAC's approval in writing,
pending selection of new officers and directors at closing.
ARTICLE IV
Obligations of the Parties Pending the Closing Date
4.1 At all times prior to the Closing Date during regular business
hours, each party will permit the other to examine its books and records and the
books and records of its subsidiaries and will furnish copies thereof on
request. It is recognized that, during the performance of this Agreement, each
party may provide the other parties with information which is confidential or
proprietary information. During the term of this Agreement, and for four years
following the termination of this Agreement, the recipient of such information
shall protect such information
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from disclosure to persons, other than members of its own or affiliated
organizations and its professional advisers, in the same manner as it protects
its own confidential or proprietary information from unauthorized disclosure,
and not use such information to the competitive detriment of the disclosing
party. In addition, if this Agreement is terminated for any reason, each party
shall promptly return or cause to be returned all documents or other written
records of such confidential or proprietary information, together with all
copies of such writings and, in addition, shall either furnish or cause to be
furnished, or shall destroy, or shall maintain with such standard of care as is
exercised with respect to its own confidential or proprietary information, all
copies of all documents or other written records developed or prepared by such
party on the basis of such confidential or proprietary information. No
information shall be considered confidential or proprietary if it is (a)
information already in the possession of the party to whom disclosure is made,
(b) information acquired by the party to whom the disclosure is made from other
sources, or (c) information in the public domain or generally available to
interested persons or which at a later date passes into the public domain or
becomes available to the party to whom disclosure is made without any wrongdoing
by the party to whom the disclosure is made.
4.2 GTM and CAC shall promptly provide each other with information as
to any significant developments in the performance of this Agreement, and shall
promptly notify the other if it discovers that any of its representations,
warranties and covenants contained in this Agreement or in any document
delivered in connection with this Agreement was not true and correct in all
material respects or became untrue or incorrect in any material respect.
4.3 All parties to this Agreement shall take all such action as may be
reasonably necessary and appropriate and shall use their best efforts in order
to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby as promptly as practicable.
ARTICLE V
Procedure for Closing
5.1 At the Closing Date, the purchase and Sale shall be effected with
common stock certificates of OSWE being delivered duly executed for 8,650,000
shares of common stock to CAC and the delivery of $160,000 in a cashier's check
to GTM from CAC, together with delivery of all other agreements, schedules,
warranties and representations set forth in this Agreement.
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ARTICLE VI
Conditions Precedent to the
Consummation of the Exchange
The following are conditions precedent to the consummation of the
Agreement on or before the Closing Date:
6.1 GTM shall have performed and complied with all of its respective
obligations hereunder which are to be complied with or performed on or before
the Closing Date and GTM and OSWE and CAC shall provide one another at the
Closing with a certificate to the effect that such party has performed each of
the acts and undertakings required to be performed by it on or before the
Closing Date pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
6.2 This Agreement, the transactions contemplated herein shall have
been duly and validly authorized, approved and adopted by the manager of GTM in
accordance with the applicable laws.
6.3 No action, suit or proceeding shall have been instituted or shall
have been threatened before any court or other governmental body or by any
public authority to restrain, enjoin or prohibit the transactions contemplated
herein, or which might subject any of the parties hereto or their directors or
officers to any material liability, fine, forfeiture or penalty on the grounds
that the transactions contemplated hereby, the parties hereto or their directors
or officers, have violated any applicable law or regulation or have otherwise
acted improperly in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and
the parties hereto have been advised by counsel that, in the opinion of such
counsel, such action, suit or proceeding raises substantial questions of law or
fact which could reasonably be decided adversely to any party hereto or its
directors or officers.
6.4 All actions, proceedings, instruments and documents required to
carry out this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and the form
and substance of all legal proceedings and related matters shall have been
approved by counsel for CAC.
6.5 The representations and warranties made by CAC and GTM in this
Agreement shall be true as though such representations and warranties had been
made or given on and as of the Closing Date, except to the extent that such
representations and warranties may be untrue on and as of the Closing Date
because of (1) changes caused by transactions suggested or approved in writing
by CAC or (2) events or changes (which shall not, in the aggregate, have
materially and adversely affected the business, assets, or financial condition
of OSWE during or arising after the date of this Agreement.)
6.7 OSWE shall furnish CAC with a certified copy of a
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resolution or resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of OSWE,
approving this Agreement and the representations required of OSWE in Article
III.
6.8 All outstanding liabilities of OSWE shall have been paid and
released prior to closing.
6.10 GTM shall cause OSWE to appoint, at closing, Ralph Shearing as
President of OSWE and, subject to filing a Form 14f with the SEC and mailing to
shareholders required thereby, shall appoint such persons directors as CAC may
direct.
ARTICLE VII
Termination and Abandonment
7.1 Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Agreement may be terminated and abandoned at any time prior
to the Closing Date:
(a) By mutual consent of CAC and GTM;
(b) By either party, if any condition set forth in
Article VI relating to the other party has not been met or has
not been waived;
(c) By CAC, if any suit, action or other proceeding
shall be pending or threatened by the federal or a state
government before any court or governmental agency, in which
it is sought to restrain, prohibit or otherwise affect the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby;
(d) By any party, if there is discovered any material
error, misstatement or omission in the representations
and warranties of another party;
(e) By any party if the Agreement Closing Date is not
within 30 days from the date hereof; or
7.2 Any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement may be waived at
any time by the party which is entitled to the benefit thereof, by action taken
by its Board of Directors or Manager, provided; however, that such action shall
be taken only if, in the judgment of the Board of Directors or Manager taking
the action, such waiver will not have a materially adverse effect on the
benefits intended under this Agreement to the party waiving such term or
condition.
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ARTICLE VIII
Termination of Representation and
Warranties and Certain Agreements
8.1 The respective representations and warranties of the parties hereto
shall expire with, and be terminated and extinguished by consummation of the
Agreement; provided, however, that the covenants and agreements of the parties
hereto shall survive in accordance with their terms.
ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
9.1 This Agreement embodies the entire agreement between the parties,
and there have been and are no agreements, representations or warranties among
the parties other than those set forth herein or those provided for herein.
9.2 To facilitate the execution of this Agreement, any number of
counterparts hereof may be executed, and each such counterpart shall be deemed
to be an original instrument, but all such counterparts together shall
constitute but one instrument. Counterparts shall include the execution of the
Exchange Agreement and Representations by all shareholders.
9.3 All parties to this Agreement agree that if it becomes necessary or
desirable to execute further instruments or to make such other assurances as are
deemed necessary, the party requested to do so will use its best efforts to
provide such executed instruments or do all things necessary or proper to carry
out the purpose of this Agreement.
9.4 This Agreement may be amended upon approval of the Board of
Directors of each party provided that the shares issuable hereunder shall not be
amended without approval of CAC.
9.5 Any notices, requests, or other communications required or
permitted hereunder shall be delivered personally or sent by overnight courier
service, fees prepaid, addressed as follows:
To GeoTech Management Services Ltd.:
c/o 4505 S. Wasatch Blvd., Suite #330
Salt Lake City, UT 84124
copy to: Michael A. Littman
Attorney at Law
10200 W. 44th Ave., #400
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
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To CanArab Acquisitions Corp.
P.O. 11569
650 W. Georgia Street, Suite #450
Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6B 4N8
copy to:
or such other addresses as shall be furnished in writing by any party, and any
such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been given as of the date
received.
9.6 No press release or public statement will be issued relating to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement without prior approval of CAC and
GTM. However, either CAC and GTM may issue at any time any press release or
other public statement it believes on the advice of its counsel it is obligated
to issue to avoid liability under the law relating to disclosures, but the party
issuing such press release or public statement shall make a reasonable effort to
give the other party prior notice of and opportunity to participate in such
release or statement.
9.7 It is the intent of the parties that the 8,650,000 shares purchased
will be retired to treasury immediately after the closing.
9.8 It is the intent of the parties that GTM and CAC will cause OSWE to
issue 14,450,000 new common shares, pro rata, to the shareholders of CAC in
consideration for the sale of the technology licenses by CAC to OSWE. Each CAC
shareholder will be required to sign and execute a written consent and
subscription agreement to receive OSWE shares.
9.9 CAC agrees that it will cause to be issued 620,000 shares of common
stock registered upon Form S-8 to Robert Beaton for his consulting services in
arranging the acquisition, such shares to be issued within 15 days after closing
hereunder.
9.10 CAC hereby covenants and agrees that it will not enact or cause to
be enacted any reverse split of the shares without written consent from GTM for
a period of two (2) years hereafter.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have set their hands and
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seals this 22nd day of June, 1998.
GEOTECH MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTD.
By:/s/Nathan Drage
Registered Agent
CANARAB ACQUISITIONS CORP.
By:/s/ Ralph Shearing
President
Attest:________________________
Secretary
Exhibit 7.2
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Agreement and Plan of Reorganization
by and among
CANARAB TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
a Yukon corporation
and
THE OHIO & SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY COMPANY
a Colorado corporation
dated: June 25, 1998
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
CANARAB TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
and
THE OHIO & SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY COMPANY
This Agreement and Plan of Reorganization ("Agreement"), dated as of
June 25, 1998, among CANARAB TECHNOLOGY LIMITED ("CAT"), a Yukon Corporation,
THE OHIO & SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY COMPANY ("OSWE") , a Colorado Corporation, and
the shareholders of CANARAB TECHNOLOGY LIMITED ("CAT Shareholders") who will
join this agreement by execution.
W I T N E S S E T H:
A. WHEREAS, CAT and OSWE are corporations duly organized under the laws
of the State of Yukon and Colorado, respectively.
B. Plan of Reorganization. The CAT Shareholders are the owners of all
of the issued and outstanding common stock of CAT. It is the intention that all
of the issued and outstanding stock of CAT shall be acquired by OSWE in exchange
solely for its voting stock. For federal income tax purposes it is intended that
this exchange shall qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of SEC 368
(a)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").
C. Exchange of Shares. OSWE and the CAT Shareholders agree that all of
the common shares issued and outstanding of CAT shall be exchanged with OSWE for
14,382,000 shares of the common stock of OSWE. The pro rata numbers of the OSWE
shares, on the closing date, shall be delivered to the individual shareholders
in exchange for their CAT shares as hereinafter set forth.
D. WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to enter into this Agreement,
pursuant to the provisions of the Colorado Statutes.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed among the parties as follows:
ARTICLE I
The Consideration
1.1 Subject to the conditions set forth herein on the "Effective Date"
(as herein defined), Shareholders of CAT shall exchange all of their shares of
CAT for 14,382,000 common shares of OSWE common stock. The transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall be completed at a closing ("Closing") on a
closing date ("Closing Date") which shall be as soon as possible after all
regulatory approvals and shareholder approvals are obtained in accordance with
law as set forth in this Agreement, but no later than 30 days after date hereof.
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On the Closing Date, all of the documents to be furnished to OSWE and
CAT, including the documents to be furnished pursuant to Article VII of this
Agreement, shall be delivered to M.A. Littman, to be held in escrow until the
Effective Date or the date of termination of this Agreement, whichever first
occurs, and thereafter shall be promptly distributed to the parties as their
interests may appear.
1.2 At the Effective Date, CAT shall become a wholly owned subsidiary
of OSWE. CAT's shareholders shall receive pro rata shares of $.0001 par value
voting common stock as follows:
OSWE shall issue 14,382,000 of its shares of
common stock for 100% of the outstanding common shares of CAT,
pro rata to the shareholders of CAT.
1.3 If this Agreement is duly adopted by the holders of the requisite
number of shares, in accordance with the applicable laws and subject to the
other provisions hereof, such documents as may be required by law to accomplish
the Agreement shall be filed as required by law to effectuate same, and it shall
become effective. The time of filing the last document required by law shall be
the Effective Date for the Agreement. For accounting purposes, the Agreement
shall be effective as of 12:01 a.m., on the last day of the month preceding the
Effective Date.
ARTICLE II
Issuance and Exchange of Shares
2.1 The shares of $.0001 par value common stock of OSWE shall be issued
by it to CAT shareholders at closing.
2.2 OSWE represents that no outstanding options or warrants for its
unissued shares exist. All preferred stock of OSWE due for redemption as of the
date hereof shall have been redeemed as of closing date, if any.
2.3 The stock transfer books of CAT shall be closed on the Effective
Date, and thereafter no transfers of the stock of CAT shall be made. CAT shall
appoint an exchange agent ("Exchange Agent"), to accept surrender of the
certificates representing the common shares of CAT, and to deliver in exchange
for such surrendered certificates, shares of common stock of OSWE. The
authorization of the Exchange Agent may be terminated by OSWE after six months
following the Effective Date. Upon termination of such authorization, any shares
of CAT and any funds held by the Exchange Agent for payment to CAT shareholders
pursuant to this Agreement shall be transferred to OSWE or its designated agent
who shall thereafter perform the obligations of the Exchange Agent. If
outstanding certificates for shares of CAT are not surrendered or the payment
for them not claimed prior to such date on which such payments would otherwise
escheat to or become the property of any governmental unit or agency, the
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unclaimed items shall, to the extent permitted by abandoned property and other
applicable law, become the property of OSWE (and to the extent not in its
possession shall be paid over to it), free and clear of all claims or interest
of any persons previously entitled to such items. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
neither the Exchange Agent nor any party to this Agreement shall be liable to
any holder of CAT shares for any amount paid to any governmental unit or agency
having jurisdiction of such unclaimed item pursuant to the abandoned property or
other applicable law of such jurisdiction.
2.4 No fractional shares of OSWE stock shall be issued as a result of
the Agreement. Shares shall be rounded to nearest whole share.
2.5 At the Effective Date, each holder of a certificate or certificates
representing common shares of CAT, upon presentation and surrender of such
certificate or certificates to the Exchange Agent, shall be entitled to receive
the consideration set forth herein, except that holders of those shares as to
which dissenters' rights shall have been asserted and perfected pursuant to
Yukon law shall not be converted into shares of OSWE common stock, but shall
represent only such dissenters' rights. Upon such presentation, surrender, and
exchange as provided in this Section 2.5, certificates representing shares of
CAT previously held shall be canceled. Until so presented and surrendered, each
certificate or certificates which represented issued and outstanding shares of
CAT at the Effective Date shall be deemed for all purposes to evidence the right
to receive the consideration set forth in Section 1.2 of this Agreement. If the
certificates representing shares of CAT have been lost, stolen, mutilated or
destroyed, the Exchange Agent shall require the submission of an indemnity
agreement and may require the submission of a bond in lieu of such certificate.
ARTICLE III
Representations, Warranties
and Covenants of CanArab Technology Limited
No representations or warranties are made by any director, officer,
employee or shareholder of CAT as individuals, except as and to the extent
stated in this Agreement or in a separate written statement (the "CAT Disclosure
Statement"), if any. CAT hereby represents, warrants and covenants to OSWE
except as stated in the CAT Disclosure Statement, as follows:
3.1 CAT is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Yukon, and has the corporate power and
authority to own or lease its properties and to carry on its business as it is
now being conducted. The Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of CAT are
complete and accurate, and the minute books of CAT contain a record, which is
complete and accurate in all material respects,
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of all meetings, and all corporate actions of the shareholders and board of
directors of CAT.
3.2 The aggregate number of shares which CAT is authorized to issue is
an unlimited number of Class A shares of common stock with no par value of which
100 shares are issued and outstanding.
3.3 CAT has complete and unrestricted power to enter into and, upon the
appropriate approvals as required by law, to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
3.4 Neither the making of nor the compliance with the terms and
provisions of this Agreement and consummation of the transactions contemplated
herein by CAT will conflict with or result in a breach or violation of the
Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of CAT.
3.5 The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement has been
duly authorized and approved by CanArab's Board of Directors.
3.6 CAT will deliver to OSWE consolidated audited financial statements
of CAT, as of June 22, 1998, within 10 days. All such statements, herein
sometimes called "CAT Financial Statements", are complete and correct in all
material respects and, together with the notes to these financial statements,
present fairly the financial position and results of operations of CAT for the
periods included. The said statements will have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles.
3.7 Since the dates of the CAT Financial Statements, there have not
been any material adverse changes in the business or condition, financial or
otherwise of CAT.
3.8 There are no legal proceedings or regulatory proceedings involving
material claims pending, or to the knowledge of the officers of CAT, threatened
against CAT or affecting any of its assets or properties, and CAT is not in any
material breach or violation of or default under any contract or instrument to
which CAT is a party, and no event has occurred which with the lapse of time or
action by a third party could result in a material breach or violation of or
default by CAT under any contract or other instrument to which CAT is a party or
by which it or any of its properties may be bound or affected, or under its
respective Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, nor is there any court or
regulatory order pending, applicable to CAT.
3.9 All liability of CAT has been properly provided for and is adequate
to comply with all regulatory requirements regarding same.
3.10 The representations and warranties of CAT shall be true and
correct as of the date hereof and as of the Effective Date.
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3.11 CAT has no employee benefit plan, including non-qualified stock
awards, options, and consulting fees for independent contractors.
3.12 No representation or warranty by CAT in this Agreement, the CAT
Disclosure Statement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto contains any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact
necessary to make such representation or warranty not misleading.
3.13 Intellectual Property. All trade names, inventions, discoveries,
ideas, research, engineering, methods, practices, processes, systems, formulae,
designs, drawings, products, projects, improvements, developments, know-how, and
trade secrets which are used in the conduct of CanArab's business, whether
registered or unregistered (collectively the "Proprietary Rights") are owned by
CanArab. To the knowledge of each Seller and CanArab, CanArab created or
developed such Proprietary Rights and such Proprietary Rights are not subject to
any restriction, lien, encumbrance, right, title or interest in others. All of
the foregoing Proprietary Rights that are not in the public domain stand solely
in the name of CanArab and not in the name of any shareholder, director,
officer, agent, partner or employee or anyone else known to any Seller or
CanArab and none of the same have any right, title, interest, restriction, lien
or encumbrance therein or thereon or thereto. To the knowledge of each Seller
and CanArab, CanArab's ownership and use of the Proprietary Rights do not and
will not infringe upon, conflict with or violate in any material respect any
patent, copyright, trade secret or other lawful proprietary right of any other
party, and no claim is pending or, to the knowledge of any Seller or CanArab,
threatened to the effect that the operations of CanArab infringe upon or
conflict with the asserted rights of any other person under any of the
Proprietary Rights, and to the knowledge of each Seller and CanArab there is no
reasonable basis for any such claim (whether or not pending or threatened). No
claim is pending, or to the knowledge of each Seller and CanArab, threatened to
the effect that any such Proprietary Rights owned or licensed by CanArab, or
which CanArab otherwise has the right to use, is invalid or unenforceable by
CanArab and there is no reasonable basis for any such claim (whether or not
pending or threatened). CanArab has not granted or assigned to any other person
or entity any right to manufacture, have manufactured, assemble or sell the
products or proposed products or to provide the services or proposed services of
Seller.
3.14 a. Liens. Except as disclosed on Schedule 3.14(a),
no one other than Seller has any right, title, interest, lien, claim, security
interest, restriction or encumbrance in, on or to CanArab's assets.
b. Material Contracts. Other than as disclosed on
Schedule 3.14(b), Seller does not have any material obligation, contract,
agreement, lease, sublease, commitment or understanding of any kind, nature or
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description, oral or written, fixed or contingent due or to become due,
existing or inchoate.
c. No Undisclosed Liabilities. CanArab does not have any material
liabilities or obligations, including, without limitation, contingent
liabilities for the performance of any obligation, except for (i) liabilities or
obligations which are disclosed or fully provided for in CanArab's Financial
Statements, (ii) liabilities or obligations disclosed in this Agreement or in
any Exhibit or Schedule to this Agreement, and (iii) liabilities not in excess
of $2,000 in the aggregate.
d. Environmental Matters. (i) CanArab has not received notice of any
violation of or investigation relating to any environmental or pollution law,
regulation, or ordinance with respect to assets now or previously owned or
operated by CanArab that has not been fully and finally resolved; (ii) All
permits, licenses and other authorizations which are required under United
States, federal, state, provincial and local laws with respect to pollution or
protection of the environment ("Environmental Laws") relating to assets now
owned or operated by CanArab or any of its subsidiaries, including Environmental
Laws relating to actual or threatened emissions, discharges or releases of
pollutants, contaminants or hazardous or toxic materials or wastes
("Pollutants"), have been obtained and are effective, and, with respect to
assets previously owned or operated by CanArab, were obtained and were effective
during the time of CanArab's operation; (iii) To the knowledge of CanArab, no
conditions exist on, in or about the properties now or previously owned or
operated by CanArab or any third-party properties to which any Pollutants
generated by CanArab were sent or released that could give rise on the part of
CanArab to liability under any Environmental Laws, claims by third parties under
Environmental Laws or under common law or the occurrence of costs to avoid any
such liability or claim; and (iv) to the knowledge of CanArab, all operators of
CanArab's assets are in compliance with all terms and conditions of such
Environmental Laws, permits, licenses and authorizations, and are also in
compliance with all other limitations, restrictions, conditions, standards,
prohibitions, requirements, obligations, schedules and timetables contained in
such laws or contained in any regulation, code, plan, order, decree, judgment,
notice or demand letter issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder,
relating to CanArab's assets.
ARTICLE IV
Representations, Warranties and Covenants of
The Ohio & Southwestern Energy Company
No representations or warranties are made by any director, officer,
employee or shareholder of OSWE as individuals, except as and to the extent
stated in this Agreement or in a separate written statement.
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OSWE hereby represents, warrants and covenants to CAT, except as stated
in the OSWE Disclosure Statement, as follows:
4.1 OSWE is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Colorado, and has the corporate power
and authority to own or lease its properties and to carry on its business as it
is now being conducted. The Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of OSWE, copies
of which have been delivered to CAT, are complete and accurate, and the minute
books of OSWE contain a record, which is complete and accurate in all material
respects, of all meetings, and all corporate actions of the shareholders and
Board of Directors of OSWE.
4.2 The aggregate number of shares which OSWE is authorized to issue is
300,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $.0001 per share, of
which 1,440,000 shares of such common stock will be issued and outstanding,
fully paid and non-assessable, prior to closing under this agreement. OSWE has
no outstanding options, warrants or other rights to purchase, or subscribe to,
or securities convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of capital stock.
No preferred stock of OSWE is outstanding.
4.3 OSWE has complete and unrestricted power to enter into and, upon
the appropriate approvals as required by law, to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
4.4 Neither the making of nor the compliance with the terms and
provisions of this Agreement and consummation of the transactions contemplated
herein by OSWE will conflict with or result in a breach or violation of the
Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of OSWE.
4.5 The execution of this Agreement has been duly authorized and
approved by the OSWE's Board of Directors.
4.6 OSWE has delivered to CAT financial statements of OSWE dated
December 31, 1997. All such statements, herein sometimes called "OSWE Financial
Statements" are (and will be) complete and correct in all material respects and,
together with the notes to these financial statements, present fairly the
financial position and results of operations of OSWE of the periods indicated.
All statements of OSWE will have been prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles.
4.7 Since the dates of the OSWE Financial Statements, there have not
been any material adverse changes in the business or condition, financial or
otherwise, of OSWE. OSWE does not have any material liabilities or obligations,
secured or unsecured except as shown on updated financials (whether accrued,
absolute, contingent or otherwise).
4.8 OSWE has delivered to CAT a list and description of all
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pending legal proceedings involving OSWE, none of which will materially
adversely affect them, and, except for these proceedings, there are no legal
proceedings or regulatory proceedings involving material claims pending, or, to
the knowledge of the officers of OSWE, threatened against OSWE or affecting any
of its assets or properties, and OSWE is not in any material breach or violation
of or default under any contract or instrument to which OSWE is a party, and no
event has occurred which with the lapse of time or action by a third party could
result in a material breach or violation of or default by OSWE under any
contract or other instrument to which OSWE is a party or by which they or any of
their respective properties may be bound or affected, or under their respective
Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, nor is there any court or regulatory order
pending, applicable to OSWE.
4.9 OSWE shall not enter into or consummate any transactions prior to
the Effective Date other than in the ordinary course of business and will pay no
dividend, or increase the compensation of officers and will not enter into any
agreement or transaction which would adversely affect its financial condition.
4.10 OSWE is not a party to any contract performable in the future
except its land lease obligation which will not adversely affect it.
4.11 The representations and warranties of OSWE shall be true and
correct as of the date hereof and as of the Effective Date.
4.12 OSWE has delivered, or will deliver within two weeks of the date
of this Agreement, to CAT, all of its corporate books and records for review,
true and correct copies of OSWE tax return since 1996, if any. OSWE will also
deliver to CAT on or before the Closing Date any reports relating to the
financial and business condition of OSWE which occur after the date of this
Agreement and any other reports sent generally to its shareholders after the
date of this Agreement.
4.13 OSWE has no employee benefit plan in effect at this time.
4.14 No representation or warranty by OSWE in this Agreement, the OSWE
Disclosure Statement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto contains any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact
necessary to make such representation or warranty not misleading.
4.15 OSWE agrees that all rights to indemnification now existing in
favor of the employees, agents, directors or officers of CAT and its
subsidiaries, as provided in the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws or
otherwise in effect on the date hereof shall survive the transactions
contemplated hereby in accordance
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with their terms, and OSWE expressly assumes such indemnification obligations of
CAT.
ARTICLE V
Obligations of the Parties Pending the Effective Date
5.1 This Agreement shall be duly submitted to the shareholders of CAT
for the purpose of considering and acting upon this Agreement in the manner
required by law at a meeting of shareholders on a date selected by CAT, such
date to be the earliest practicable date. The Board of Directors of CAT, subject
to its fiduciary obligations to shareholders, shall use its best efforts to
obtain the requisite approval of CAT shareholders of this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated herein. CAT and OSWE shall take all reasonable and
necessary steps and actions to comply with and to secure CAT shareholder
approval of this Agreement and regulations of such states.
5.2 At all times prior to the Effective Date during regular business
hours, each party will permit the other to examine its books and records and the
books and records of its subsidiaries and will furnish copies thereof on
request. It is recognized that, during the performance of this Agreement, each
party may provide the other parties with information which is confidential or
proprietary information. During the term of this Agreement, and for four years
following the termination of this Agreement, the recipient of such information
shall protect such information from disclosure to persons, other than members of
its own or affiliated organizations and its professional advisers, in the same
manner as it protects its own confidential or proprietary information from
unauthorized disclosure, and not use such information to the competitive
detriment of the disclosing party. In addition, if this Agreement is terminated
for any reason, each party shall promptly return or cause to be returned all
documents or other written records of such confidential or proprietary
information, together with all copies of such writings and, in addition, shall
either furnish or cause to be furnished, or shall destroy, or shall maintain
with such standard of care as is exercised with respect to its own confidential
or proprietary information, all copies of all documents or other written records
developed or prepared by such party on the basis of such confidential or
proprietary information. No information shall be considered confidential or
proprietary if it is (a) information already in the possession of the party to
whom disclosure is made, (b) information acquired by the party to whom the
disclosure is made from other sources, or (c) information in the public domain
or generally available to interested persons or which at a later date passes
into the public domain or becomes available to the party to whom disclosure is
made without any wrongdoing by the party to whom the disclosure is made.
5.3 OSWE and CAT shall promptly provide each other with
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information as to any significant developments in the performance of this
Agreement, and shall promptly notify the other if it discovers that any of its
representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Agreement or in any
document delivered in connection with this Agreement was not true and correct in
all material respects or became untrue or incorrect in any material respect.
5.4 All parties to this Agreement shall take all such action as may be
reasonably necessary and appropriate and shall use their best efforts in order
to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby as promptly as practicable.
ARTICLE VI
Procedure Exchange
6.1 At the Effective Date, the exchange shall be effected as set forth
in Colorado Laws with common stock certificates of OSWE being exchanged for CAT
common stock certificates as and when submitted to the transfer agent.
ARTICLE VII
Conditions Precedent to the
Consummation of the Exchange
The following are conditions precedent to the consummation of the
Agreement on or before the Effective Date:
7.1 CAT shall have performed and complied with all of its respective
obligations hereunder which are to be complied with or performed on or before
the Effective Date and OSWE and CAT shall provide one another at the Closing
with a certificate to the effect that such party has performed each of the acts
and undertakings required to be performed by it on or before the Closing Date
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
7.2 This Agreement, the transactions contemplated herein shall have
been duly and validly authorized, approved and adopted, at meetings of the
shareholders of CAT duly and properly called for such purpose in accordance with
the applicable laws.
7.3 No action, suit or proceeding shall have been instituted or shall
have been threatened before any court or other governmental body or by any
public authority to restrain, enjoin or prohibit the transactions contemplated
herein, or which might subject any of the parties hereto or their directors or
officers to any material liability, fine, forfeiture or penalty on the grounds
that the transactions contemplated hereby, the parties hereto or their directors
or officers, have violated any applicable law or regulation or have otherwise
acted improperly in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and
the parties hereto have been advised by counsel that, in the opinion of such
counsel, such action, suit or proceeding raises
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substantial questions of law or fact which could reasonably be decided adversely
to any party hereto or its directors or officers.
7.4 All actions, proceedings, instruments and documents required to
carry out this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and the form
and substance of all legal proceedings and related matters shall have been
approved by counsel for CAT and OSWE.
7.5 The representations and warranties made by CAT and OSWE in this
Agreement shall be true as though such representations and warranties had been
made or given on and as of the Effective Date, except to the extent that such
representations and warranties may be untrue on and as of the Effective Date
because of (1) changes caused by transactions suggested or approved in writing
by CAT or (2) events or changes (which shall not, in the aggregate, have
materially and adversely affected the business, assets, or financial condition
of OSWE or CAT during or arising after the date of this Agreement.)
7.6 CAT shall have furnished OSWE with:
(1) a certified copy of a resolution or resolutions duly adopted by
the Board of Directors of CAT approving this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated by it and directing the submission
thereof to a vote of the shareholders of CAT;
(2) a certified copy of a resolution or resolutions duly adopted by a
majority of all of the classes of outstanding shares of CAT
capital stock approving this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated by it;
(3) an agreement from each "affiliate" of CAT as defined in the rules
adopted under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to the
effect that (a) the affiliate is familiar with SEC Rules 144 and
145; (b) none of the shares of OSWE common stock will be
transferred by or through the affiliate in violation of the
Federal Securities Laws; (c) the affiliate will not sell or in
any way reduce his risk relative to any OSWE common stock
received pursuant to this Agreement until such time as financial
results covering at least 30 days of post-closing date combined
operations shall have been published by OSWE on SEC Form 10-Q or
otherwise; and (d) the affiliate acknowledges that OSWE is under
no obligation to register the sale, transfer, or the disposition
of OSWE common stock by the affiliate or to take any action
necessary in order to make an exemption from registration
available to the affiliate, but understands that OSWE will
satisfy the public information requirements of Rules 144 and 145
during the three-year period following the Closing Date.
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(4) Securities Laws Compliance. Each NON-U.S. citizen who is a
shareholder of CAT shall sign an Exchange Agreement as contained
on Exhibit "A".
(5) Each U.S. citizen shareholder of CAT shall sign an Exchange
Agreement as contained on Exhibit "B".
7.7 OSWE shall furnish CAT with a certified copy of a resolution or
resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of OSWE, approving this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated by it.
ARTICLE VIII
Termination and Abandonment
8.1 Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Agreement may be terminated and abandoned at any time
(whether before or after the approval and adoption thereof by the shareholders
of CAT) prior to the Effective Date:
(a) By mutual consent of CAT and OSWE;
(b) By CAT, or OSWE, if any condition set forth in Article VII
relating to the other party has not been met or has not been
waived;
(c) By CAT, or OSWE, if any suit, action or other proceeding shall be
pending or threatened by the federal or a state government before
any court or governmental agency, in which it is sought to
restrain, prohibit or otherwise affect the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby;
(d) By any party, if there is discovered any material error,
misstatement or omission in the representations and warranties of
another party; (e) By any party if the Agreement Effective Date
is not within 30 days from the date hereof; or (f) CAT shall have
the right to assign this agreement to any other entity, at any
time, subject to the due diligence terms herein.
8.2 Any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement may be waived at any
time by the party which is entitled to the benefit thereof, by action taken by
its Board of Directors provided; however, that such action shall be taken only
if, in the judgment of the Board of Directors taking the action, such waiver
will not have a materially adverse effect on the benefits intended under this
Agreement to the party waiving such term or condition.
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ARTICLE IX
Termination of Representation and
Warranties and Certain Agreements
9.1 The respective representations and warranties of the parties hereto
shall expire with, and be terminated and extinguished by consummation of the
Agreement; provided, however, that the covenants and agreements of the parties
hereto shall survive in accordance with their terms.
ARTICLE X
Miscellaneous
10.1 This Agreement embodies the entire agreement between the parties,
and there have been and are no agreements, representations or warranties among
the parties other than those set forth herein or those provided for herein.
10.2 To facilitate the execution of this Agreement, any number of
counterparts hereof may be executed, and each such counterpart shall be deemed
to be an original instrument, but all such counterparts together shall
constitute but one instrument. Counterparts shall include the execution of the
Exchange Agreement and Representations by all shareholders.
10.3 All parties to this Agreement agree that if it becomes necessary
or desirable to execute further instruments or to make such other assurances as
are deemed necessary, the party requested to do so will use its best efforts to
provide such executed instruments or do all things necessary or proper to carry
out the purpose of this Agreement.
10.4 This Agreement may be amended upon approval of the Board of
Directors of each party provided that the shares issuable hereunder shall not be
amended without approval of the requisite shareholders of CAT.
10.5 Any notices, requests, or other communications required or
permitted hereunder shall be delivered personally or sent by overnight courier
service, fees prepaid, addressed as follows:
To CanArab Technology Limited:
P.O. Box 11569
Suite 450-650 W. Georgia St.
Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6B 4N8
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To The Ohio & Southwestern Energy Company:
c/o 10200 W. 44th Ave., #400
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
or such other addresses as shall be furnished in writing by any party, and any
such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been given as of the date
received.
10.6 No press release or public statement will be issued relating to
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement without prior approval of CAT
and OSWE. However, either CAT or OSWE may issue at any time any press release or
other public statement it believes on the advice of its counsel it is obligated
to issue to avoid liability under the law relating to disclosures, but the party
issuing such press release or public statement shall make a reasonable effort to
give the other party prior notice of and opportunity to participate in such
release or statement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have set their hands and seals this
25th day of June, 1998.
CanArab Technology Limited
By:/s/ Ralph Shearing
President
Attest:________________________
Secretary
The Ohio & Southwestern Energy Company
By:/s/Robert Kropf
President
Attest: ________________________
Secretary
CANARAB TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, SHAREHOLDERS (by signature below or pursuant to
execution of the Exchange Agreement and Representations incorporating this
Agreement by reference.)
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EXHIBIT "A"
Affidavit
I hereby certify under penalty of perjury that the following statements
are true and correct as of the date hereof:
Each NON-U.S. citizen (hereafter "Affiant"):
(I) has been represented by such legal and tax counsel and others, each
of whom has been personally selected by Affiant, as Affiant has found necessary
to consult concerning this transaction, and any such representation has included
an examination of applicable documents, and an analysis of all tax, financial,
and securities law aspects. Affiant, his counsel and advisors, and such other
persons with whom Affiant has found it necessary to consult, have sufficient
knowledge and experience in business and financial matters to evaluate the above
information, and the merits and risks of the share exchange contemplated by this
Agreement, and to make an informed investment decision with respect thereto;
(ii) is acquiring the OSWE Common Stock for Affiant's own account and
not as a fiduciary for any other person and for investment purposes only and not
with a view to or for the transfer, assignment, resale, or distribution thereof,
in whole or in part. Affiant represents and warrants to OSWE, as of the date of
this Agreement, that Affiant has no present plan or intention to sell such Stock
in the United States at any predetermined time, and has made no predetermined
arrangements to sell the OSWE Common Stock. Affiant covenants that neither
Affiant nor its affiliates nor any person acting on its or their behalf has
entered into, has the intention of entering into, or will enter into any hedging
transactions, put option, short position or other similar instrument, contract,
arrangements or position with respect to the OSWE Common Stock any time until
the end of the Distribution Compliance period, as hereinafter defined. Affiant
understands the meaning and legal consequences of the foregoing representations
and warranties;
(iii) understands that the OSWE Common Stock has not been registered
under the Securities Act nor pursuant to the provisions of the securities or
other laws of any applicable jurisdictions and such Stock is being offered and
sold pursuant to Regulation S based in part upon the representations of Affiant
contained herein. Affiant further understands that the OSWE Common Stock cannot
be sold, assigned, pledged, transformed or otherwise disposed of unless such
shares are registered or an exemption from registration is available, and that
the OSWE Common Stock will bear a restrictive legend to that effect;
(iv) represents and warrants to OSWE that (i) the Affiant is not a U.S.
person ("U.S. person") as that term is defined in Rule 902(k) of Regulation S
and which definition includes, without limitation, a corporation or partnership
that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States
if it is formed by a U.S. person principally for the purpose of investing in
securities not registered under the Act, unless it was organized or
incorporated, and is owned, by accredited investors (as defined in Rule 501(a)
of Regulation D under the Act) who are not natural persons, estates or trusts;
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(ii) the OSWE Common Stock is not offered to the Affiant in the United States
and at the time of execution of this Agreement and the time of any offer to the
Affiant to purchase the OSWE Common Stock hereunder, the Affiant was physically
outside the United States; (iii) the Affiant is acquiring the OSWE Common Stock
for its own account and not on behalf of or for the benefit of any U.S. person
and the sale and resale of the OSWE Common Stock has not been prearranged with
any U.S. person or buyer in the United States; (iv) the Affiant agrees that no
offers and sales of the OSWE Common Stock prior to the expiration of a period
commencing on the Closing Date and ending one (1) year thereafter (the
"Distribution Compliance Period") shall be made to U.S. persons or for the
account or benefit of U.S. persons and shall otherwise be made in compliance
with the provisions of Regulation S; and (v) Affiant is not an underwriter,
dealer, distributor or other person who is participating, pursuant to
contractual arrangement, in the distribution of the OSWE Common Stock offered or
sold in reliance on Regulation S.
(v) understands and acknowledges that an investment in the OSWE Common
Stock involves a high degree of risk. Affiant acknowledges that there are
limitations on the liquidity of the OSWE Common Stock. The Affiant represents
that the Affiant is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the OSWE
Common Stock, including a possible total loss of investment. In making this
statement the Affiant hereby represents and warrants to OSWE that the Affiant
has adequate means of providing for the Affiant's current needs and
contingencies; that Affiant is able to afford to hold the OSWE Common Stock for
an indefinite period; and that Affiant has such knowledge and experience in
financial and business matters that the Affiant is capable of evaluating the
merits and risks of the investment in the OSWE Common Stock. Further, the
Affiant represents, as of the date of signing this Agreement, that the Affiant
has no present need for liquidity in the OSWE Common Stock and the Affiant is
willing to accept such investment risks;
(vi) understands that no United States federal or state agency, or
similar agency of any other country, has reviewed, approved, passed upon or made
any recommendation or endorsement of OSWE or the OSWE Common Stock;
(vii) acknowledges that to such Affiant's knowledge, without any
independent investigation, neither OSWE, nor any person acting for OSWE, has
conducted any directed selling efforts in the United States as the term
"directed selling efforts" is defined in Rule 902(c) of Regulation S, which in
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general means, any activity undertaken for the purpose of, or that could
reasonably be expected to have the effect of, conditioning the market in the
United States for any of the OSWE Common Stock being offered in reliance on
Regulation S. Such activity includes, without limitation, the mailing of printed
material to investors residing in the United States, the holding of promotional
seminars in the United States, and the placement of advertisements with radio or
television stations broadcasting in the United States or in publications with a
general circulation in the United States, that refers to the offering of the
OSWE Common Stock in reliance on Regulation S;
(viii) knows of no public solicitation or advertisement of an offer in
connection with the proposed issuance and sale of the OSWE Common Stock;
(ix) covenants that he, she or it will not knowingly make any sale,
transfer or other disposition of the OSWE Common Stock in violation of the Act
(including Regulation S), the Exchange Act, any applicable state acts or the
rules and regulations of the Commission or of any state securities commission or
similar state authorities promulgated under any of the foregoing; and
(x) OSWE has made available to Affiant, Affiant's counsel and advisors,
prior to the date hereof, the opportunity to ask questions of, and to receive
answers from, OSWE and its representatives, concerning the terms and conditions
of the exchange of the OSWE Common Stock for the CanArab Shares and access to
obtain any information, documents, financial statements, records and books (A)
relative to OSWE, the business and an investment in OSWE, and (B) necessary to
verify the accuracy of any information furnished to Affiant. All materials and
information requested by Affiant, Affiant's counsel and advisors, or others
representing such Affiant, including any information requested to verify any
information furnished to Affiant, have been made available and examined.
